LUANA STEWART (Cont.)
LOVE AND TURMOIL
BLURB EXCERPT
Six months after burying her wastrel husband, Lady
Arabella Woodbridge has resigned herself to a lonely life
in the countryside with only her two adopted nieces for
company. Being a young, respectable widow is—
frustrating. Then the charming and wickedly handsome
Samuel Payn takes up residence in the neighboring manor
house.
Retired explorer and occasional pirate Samuel Payn is
on a two-fold mission—retrieve buried loot, and locate
the father who abandoned his mother to a life of poverty.
But a gang of murderous villains is also after the buried
treasure. And someone is threatening to tear apart the
lovely widow‟s family.
Will Sam‟s single-minded determination to uncover
his true identity threaten Arabella‟s happiness—and his
life?
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father, a pretend marriage …” “I hope my girls haven‟t been bothersome, Mr. Payn.”
“Not at all. Edwards had the brilliant idea to search
out the nets. I‟d not noticed the wide variety of butterflies
in the garden; not until we tried to catch them.” He
chuckled. “I‟m afraid the insects have outwitted us.”
She laughed, gazing up into his gorgeous blue eyes,
almost silver in the bright light. She breathed in his spicy
scent and every part of her came alive. She fought the
urge to lean into him, wrap her arms around his slender
waist, and bury her face in his chest.
Glancing away to gain time to recover from the on-
slaught of desire, she watched her daughters play. “They
appear to be losing interest in a game they can‟t win.”
Mr. Payn took her hand in his. She met his gaze, his
eyes darkened. “Some of us don‟t give up after the first
attempt or two.”
He was not speaking of catching butterflies. He was
speaking of catching her.
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